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Hexagons Generator (HTML5 / Word)!

A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample]
You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]

Hexagon learning allows students to identify links between factors very effectively. Students categorise and link factors together for deeper understanding of the relationship between factors. I have written a detailed blogpost about hexagon learning here.

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2. Introduction / Instructions for students

HEXAGON ESSAY-PLANNING TOOL. DRAG and DROP these hexagons into categories of your choice. You can color-code hexagons, and can create new hexagons (e.g. as titles for each group) by double-clicking anywhere on the canvas. When you are finished, you can use your work as the basis of an essay plan, presentation or project!

3. Hexagons Text: separate each with a newline

Causes for Union victory in the Civil War

Green = primary sources added at the end into appropriate categories

Consequences of the Black Death

Orange = handwritten hexagons based on video notes

Causes for Stalin's rise to power

Sweets given to each team for identifying factors not outlined in original hexagons

Hexagon Generator - Word

Print off your own worksheet version

Hexagon Generator - HTML5

Use your hexagons directly on the Interactive Whiteboard

World War One Historiography

"Arrange the historians for a dinner party: no arguments allowed!"

Consequences of the Black Death

Great teamwork from Year 7 students

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Using Hexagon Learning for categorisation, linkage and prioritisation

Blank Hexagons: Downloadable Word template

HTML5 Hexagons: The Black Death (from ActiveHistory).

Downloadable Hexagons: World War One Historiography (from ActiveHistory).

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cases

Plessy v. Ferguson(1896)

Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Boynton v. Virginia (1960)

legislative/executive actions

Executive Order 8802

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Hindrances to Civil Rights

Chicago Race Riots (1919)

Springfield lynchings (1908)

George Wallace prevents integration at University of Alabama (1963)

Watts Riot (1965)

Assassination of Malcolm X (1965)

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)

Non-violent protest

Rosa Parks arrest (1955)

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)

Freedom Rides (1961)

Selma March (1965)

The March on Washington (1963)

Campaign in Birmingham, AL (1963)

Greensboro Sit-in (1960)

Speeches and documents

Organizations

Formation of NAACP (1909)

Formation of CORE (1942)

Black Power Movement (1966)

Societal and Economic Progress

Niagara Movement (1905)

Great Migration (1910-1920)

FDR’s “Black Cabinet”(1934)

Double V” Campaign

Tuskegee Airmen (1942)

Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier (1947)

Integration of Little Rock High School (1957)

James Meredith & Integration at Ole’ Miss (1963)

Freedom Summer (1964)

Hexagons Generator (HTML5 / Word)!

A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample]
You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]

1. Title:

2. Introduction / Instructions for students

3. Hexagons Text: separate each with a newline

Causes for Union victory in the Civil War

Consequences of the Black Death

Causes for Stalin's rise to power

Hexagon Generator - Word

Hexagon Generator - HTML5

World War One Historiography

Consequences of the Black Death

Learn More

Civil Rights Hexagon learning activity
Instructions | More on the Hexagons Approach

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Hexagons Generator (HTML5 / Word)!

A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample] You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]

1. Title:

2. Introduction / Instructions for students

3. Hexagons Text: separate each with a newline

Causes for Union victory in the Civil War

Consequences of the Black Death

Causes for Stalin's rise to power

Hexagon Generator - Word

Hexagon Generator - HTML5

World War One Historiography

Consequences of the Black Death

Learn More

Civil Rights Hexagon learning activityInstructions | More on the Hexagons Approach

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A generator to create online 'drag and drop' hexagons [sample]
You can also export your work as a worksheet [sample]

Civil Rights Hexagon learning activity
Instructions | More on the Hexagons Approach